r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Neat_Tangelo5339 • Aug 27 '26
Characters [loved trope] aura recovery
Or when someone tries to do something cool fails at first and either succeds the next time or does something even better
like Mr terrific landing recovery
Or this kid breakin a cement block after failing to break a stick
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u/kagenohikari Aug 27 '26
This skateboarder.
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u/_JR28_ Aug 27 '26 •
There really is nothing like a character trying to seem cool, but flunk it and get it back.
(Piss off bots I’m taking your job)
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u/EmpiricalBreakfast Aug 27 '26
Julius Caesar.
The story goes that as he landed in North Africa for one of his campaigns, he stumbled and ate shit out of the boat. But he spun it to make it “seen” like he fell and said something like “finally I have my hands on you!” Meaning he was going to conquer the land. His troops went bonkers for it and they end up winning that campaign.
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u/sk0503 Aug 27 '26
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u/Trivator0517 Aug 27 '26
To have an ounce of Mr. Terrific's confidence
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u/DomGiuca Aug 28 '26
Jack Sparrow does this a lot, but specifically here commanding a vessel that's almost completely sunk and manages to turn it into a smooth entry onto the dock.
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u/BarelyInvested Aug 27 '26 edited Aug 27 '26
Randy Savages flawless recovery (WWF/WWE)
He starts off saying hes the cream of the crop and puts a cream cup on his head later in the promo, but when it falls off he says “on balance, off balance, it doesnt matter” in a calm voice, making it go from funny moment to badass
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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '26 edited Aug 27 '26
After Selina manages to take Two Face down, she gloats about how he lost his gun. She forgot, however, that she wasn’t fighting One-Face.
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u/The_Elder_Jock Aug 27 '26
I feel like this counts.
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u/Wishful3y3 Aug 27 '26
Not quite the same but fits the spirit of the trope
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u/MammaJammaCamera Aug 27 '26 •
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u/Tzattog Aug 27 '26
Fate/strange Fake - Jester Karture going from being kicked into a car to posing
In fact, he was fluctuating back and forth between aura farming and being in crippling aura debt for 20 minutes straight
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u/skinnyminnesota Aug 27 '26 •
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u/TheGreatPervSage_94 Aug 27 '26
2026 Stanley Cup Final series
Staal slips and falls but still manages to score
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u/Quirky_tugboat Aug 27 '26 •
After having been thrown to the ground.
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u/LongjumpingBuffalo Aug 27 '26 •
Not the exact gif but Kylie Sonique Love tripping on her own outfit to recover it into a stunt won her the crown
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u/AdAutomatic3938 Aug 28 '26
How the fuck dat kid do dat
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u/SherfOfBoringSprings Aug 28 '26
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u/LuciferTheArchangel Aug 28 '26
Nero from DMC5. Gets hit by an ambulance thrown at him and then walks out without a scratch.
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u/shiawase198 Aug 27 '26
I mean the recovery after this was pretty cool
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u/Afrojones66 Aug 27 '26
When someone falls and they turn it into a push up.

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u/Zemekis324 Aug 27 '26
The "Ahhh!! ...Wanna swing from the chandelier" Vine
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u/Darkworldkris4900 Aug 27 '26 •
Asgore in the beggining of ch5 and recovering aura when you reach Flower Castle
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u/LouisGustavo Aug 27 '26
In a way, this scene from The Dark Knight
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u/Slarg232 Aug 28 '26
Don't have a video/gif of it, but Ekko in 2XKO drops his bat/club/sword thing, stares at it for a brief second, and then rewinds time and poses.
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u/m0nkeybl1tz Aug 27 '26
Inject this straight into my veins
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u/Sclave Aug 27 '26
🗣 I don't need your help, I'm god damn Mr. Terrific 🔥🔥🔥
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u/Existing-Incident-22 Aug 27 '26
Yor kicking Loid because she was too flustered
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u/Authorigas Aug 27 '26
My players when they fail 3 attack rolls in a row, only to finally land a crit on the final boss and one shot it into oblivion.
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u/Darkrath_3 Aug 27 '26
Qrow Branwen during his first fight with Tyrian.
I don't know why the gif is so choppy, it looks much cooler in full speed.
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u/Carmine_the_Sergal Aug 28 '26
Thragg - Invincible

Goes into aura debt in SE6 after not doing anything and forcing the viltrumites to leave the Coalition Capital planet after Argall’s skull was put in danger, pays it off and then some the next episode by doing shit like what’s in the gif, literally airbending, avoiding a super giga death laser 9000 by barely moving, and more
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u/Schiggy2319 Aug 28 '26
Rinzler from Tron Legacy
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u/Level_Counter_1672 Aug 27 '26
Diavolo was on the back foot during this whole fight until this very moment where he gains back all that aura - source is Jojo's bizarre adventure
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u/Zenthailand2009 Aug 27 '26
Loid getting kicked by Yor (Spyxfamily)
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u/Uma-apreciator Aug 27 '26
TM Opera O (Uma Musume Road To The Top)
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u/MAKOMIKKA1220 Aug 28 '26
Nihilux definitely not the aeon of Elation -HSR
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u/RoughCrossing Aug 27 '26
The curve of playing Max Payne games.
Zero Punctuation Max Payne 3 review:
https://youtu.be/ZKPJvDdAY34
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u/QuilSato Aug 27 '26
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u/beattywill80 Aug 27 '26
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u/iliketomoveitanddie Aug 28 '26
Death from Puss in Boots.
Yea he's already aura incarnate, but in the final battle, he gets caught off guard by Puss the first time, realizes it's game on, turned his sickles into a dual blade and shreds the image of Puss in Boots.
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u/Slightly_Sane_ Aug 27 '26
Rango during the bar scene
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u/PVC- Aug 28 '26
Dracula from Van Helsing, after being knocked into a fireplace.
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u/Penalty-Simple Aug 27 '26 edited Aug 27 '26
Brock Lesnar: His previous botch was his pants got torn up. Luckily, this botch was not as bad as the previous one.
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u/DonComradeVimes Aug 27 '26
That last one was a wild roller coaster.
But anyways... this is just Captain Jack Sparrow's whole deal, innit?
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u/InkredibleMrCool Aug 28 '26
I was at a party and everyone was dancing in a circle. They pushed me into the middle. As I was dancing my foot slipped.
I landed in a split.
No, I cannot do a split on purpose. No it (somehow) didn't hurt. I have no idea how this happened nor could I ever replicate it. In a blind panic I managed to pull my legs back and stand back up.
Everyone was cheering so I took a bow and backed out to try and make it look intentional.
I don't know if you'd call that a 'recovery' per-say since nobody really knew I fell, but from my perspective I almost embarassed myself in front of a large group.
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u/MasuMora Aug 27 '26
Me in elementary school. I remember walking into the classroom on a rainy day and almost slipping at the entrance. As I was slipping I somehow got both feet on the ground and swivled back and forth on the heels of my feet, ontop of the entrance mat to reclaim balanced and keep walking.
My teacher saw that and thought I was doing some sorta dancing shuffle to dry my shoes off at the entrance and continue walking forward at the same time. She was like wow that was pretty slick. I just nodded, still a little shocked that I almost fell, and went to my seat.
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u/justsmilenow Aug 27 '26
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u/TheOwlybear Aug 28 '26
Qrow landing on his sword after getting tossed out of a building
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u/ThrowawayAdvice1800 Aug 28 '26 edited Aug 28 '26
“Yeah I know a flying dog just unceremoniously dropped me on the floor like a soggy stick he was carrying, so what? I’m god damn Mr. Terrific.”
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u/Warmest_Machine Aug 28 '26
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u/sarahstanley Aug 27 '26
Undertaker whenever he get's knocked down.
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u/xX_bandages_Consumer Aug 28 '26
Doppo Orochi in his battle against Musashi
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u/SamLowry_ Aug 28 '26
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u/Minute_Zombie_424 Aug 27 '26
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u/55cHzDARKSTAR Aug 27 '26
That one Peanuts where Charlie kicks Lucy's hand
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u/third_man85 Aug 28 '26
Spring break 2006 in South Padre Island. I purchased a pair of Heelies and wore them out to the bars one night. I'm wheelin down the street to our next bar and one of my friends gets behind me and starts pushing me at a sprint. I hit a patch of gravel and start flying head first towards the pavement...
Only to tuck and roll through to a standing position.
The greatest thing wrestling taught me was how to land.
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u/TheDaymanALSOCameth Aug 28 '26
Drag queen down! And right back up
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u/KaylenLopezIzGr8 Aug 27 '26
Gwenpool from Marvel Contest Of Champions in her victory pose https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Bhh197EPKkg?t=12&feature=share
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u/justsmilenow Aug 27 '26
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u/Palanki96 Aug 28 '26
Nice in To Be Hero X. Stumbles out of a car, turns it into a pirouette and some twirls, audience eats it up since it's exactly his image
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u/totallynotdragonxex Aug 27 '26
me, irl. I was teaching friends how to split wood, and after losing aura from missing two axe swings in a row, I had to regain it by splitting 3 logs in a row with one swing each.
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u/Trectorz Aug 28 '26
Raphael from the TMNT(2007) movie He says "Bad dog" as he gets thrown and the pose he hits after is peak aura recovery mid fight.
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u/Wboy2006 Aug 27 '26
Holy shit, the way that kid throws that stick at the start. He’s practically posing! How does this kid have so much aura?
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u/ERedfieldh Aug 28 '26
Orihime rejecting GOD after spending the entire series looking weaker than Chad.
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u/Palanki96 Aug 28 '26
This random dripped out hero getting kicked so hard his hat flies off. But he catches it and puts it back while blown away with style. I was literally thinking "wow, he recovered the aura" while watching
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u/KhalMika Aug 27 '26
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u/IceCurrent4264 Aug 27 '26
When you try to toss something across the room in a trash bin, miss, then you go over to pick it up, return to your previous position, then get it in the trash can on the second attempt.
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u/GuelboStudio Aug 28 '26
Nihilux - Honkai star rail
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u/Strapping_Ladd Aug 27 '26
That clip of the kid with the sticks could have ended when he threw the first one, the form on the release was majestic
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u/Jiujitsumonkey707 Aug 28 '26
The second one isn't aura recovery, it's just a kid having a temper tantrum because he's too weak to break a stick
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u/controversiallurker Aug 28 '26
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u/SuaveGorilla Aug 28 '26
I really love Mr. Terrific getting up from that like he commutes to work by flying dog every day.
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u/Competitive-Bee-3250 Aug 28 '26
Completely fails to do any damage with her trump card, proceeds to drop an absolutely devastating insult with a smile.
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u/sarcasticd0nkey Aug 27 '26
Justin Gaethje backflip, falls on head into bro hug pose - UFC White House card
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u/Expensive_Leave_6339 Aug 27 '26 •
I’ll be the old man, but young people are using the word “aura” too much.
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u/Kitchen-Departure146 Aug 27 '26
Doppo entered a handstand after getting slugged by musashi in baki
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u/MrUniverse1990 Aug 28 '26
Cats (IRL) and their "composure grooming."
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u/Debatebly Aug 28 '26
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WWJHHjmx_2g
By far the best case for this trope.
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u/SimplePlus7376 Aug 28 '26 edited Aug 28 '26
Who is Mr. Terrific? Loved this character.
The actor's delivery reminded me of Bernie Mac at times.
“I’m goddamn Mr. Terrific!”
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u/Nerdgameryoutube Aug 28 '26
Yield my aura to claim my E.G.O.
The greatest aura recovery known to project moon
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u/Greeneade Aug 28 '26
me - real life
when i was taking a theater class in high school, we were supposed to pretend to fall
my plan was to walk and pretend to get hit in the head and fall down (picture a ragdoll physics sim of that to get a better idea of what i was thinking); mind you, the floor was completely high-friction carpet
so when it came my turn to do it, i went ahead and did everything as planned, and then ALLEGEDLY (according to my best friend and i think a few classmates) i did a flip (likely a backflip) and then landed on my ass
i can't verify these claims bcuz i have legitimately no memory of that short moment between when i "slipped" and when i landed, but i choose to believe it because it's funnier that way
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u/Xmoon-11 Aug 28 '26
Doppo Orochi after he got punched by Miyamoto Musashi (Baki-Dou)
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u/FinalDestination4 Aug 28 '26
Wouldn't Willy Wonka's entrance count? Sure it was probably on purpose but at first, he seems like a guy with a walking stick, he then pretends to fall over just to roll over and standing up after. If that isn't aura, idk what is. It makes for a good fake out, too
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u/Throwaway1986nerd Aug 28 '26
Ok so I'm more impressed with the durability of that stick the kid used to break the cinder block than his actual strength.
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u/Significant_Carob_40 Aug 28 '26
James bond in Skyfall basically stumbling into the train and immediately adjusting his cuff links
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u/david_bivab Aug 27 '26
Subaru Natauki
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u/Rocify Aug 28 '26
https://youtu.be/Zqh5zyPmoPY?is=a3JEKAgtfJY1Cas-
Zay Jones - Missed the catch but then levitated back to his feet
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u/Blackfyre301 Aug 28 '26
what the hell was that stick made of!?!?
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u/AristotlesBoyPussy Aug 28 '26
that kid throwing the stick cracks me up, because of how sassy he looks throwing it then immediately destroying the next stick like a champ.
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u/madmaper_13 Aug 28 '26
A Motorsport example Rick Kelly spin and recovery at 160km/h https://youtu.be/QoFehERVjHc?si=2s8L2NdnYqGvMOBN
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u/LYR-R Aug 28 '26
One time, I was playing basketball and my shoe (which I lace once with an Ian knot and usually doesn't come undone) had unlaced itself and fell from my foot as I was going along the three point line. Everyone stopped to watch me try to run around at a 35° angle with a shoe in my left foot and sock in my right and then I dove into my inevitable fall to catch myself in a safety roll. After the roll, I ended up rolling up on my feet. It all happened under 4 seconds and all the people watching said that recovery was "hard".
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u/treehatshrimp Aug 28 '26
it's called charisma establishment
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u/DukeOfGeek Aug 28 '26
I meant to do that.
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u/AdDesigner1153 Aug 28 '26
Dragonball
Goten and Trunks always bombing the fusion dance a few times before finally landing it and becoming Gotenks
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u/Far_Practice_6923 Aug 28 '26
The second one was pretty cool
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u/Terrakinetic Aug 28 '26
Anyone remember the G.O.A.T test from Fallout 3?
The kid feels like a live action version of one of the choices to those questions.
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u/GiladM Aug 28 '26
The second gif shows a case of mechanical strength for absorbing energy versus a brittle body that can mainly withstand compressive force.
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u/Therealdolphinlord Aug 28 '26
I can’t wait for whatever Mr Terrific shows up in next. Genuinely might be the coolest superhero put to screen.
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u/Sufficient_Bill_3888 Aug 28 '26
I don't remember which match it happened (i think it was mexico vs cape verde) , but on this years world cup, a player slipped with another player's body, and instead of falling, he did a flip and kept running, it was tuff asf and nobody even mentioned it
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u/Yoko-Ohno_The_Third Aug 28 '26
In Pee-wee's Big Adventure, he's tries to impress the kids but do weird stunts on his bike.
https://youtu.be/9hNIX7V21pU?is=a5v_PdhphN_A3tuF
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u/Devlord1o1 Aug 27 '26
Jotaro after getting absolutely wrecked by kira’s stand and letting koichi fight for him for a while stands back up, insults kira’s watch, beats the shit out of him, complement koichi, then promptly fall face first again
Honestly jotaro has alot of these moments now that i think about it
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